Tuesday, September 23, 2014

Russian Media
Trash Pro-Family Conference Held At The Kremlin

In all, about 1,000 delegates made the trip to Moscow to
take part in the event.

B.
Christopher Agee

While critics seemingly have an
inexhaustible list of grievances against the nation, plenty of social
conservatives are able to celebrate certain aspects of the Russian experience.
This fact was evident during a recent conference held inside the Moscow Kremlin
earlier this month.

As writer Julio Severo explained,
the Sept. 10 forum featured speakers from around the world who agreed that
sexual immorality has deeply damaged the family structure. Known as the Large
Family and Future of Humanity Forum, 45 nations were represented – including
Severo himself, who represented Brazil.

In all, about 1,000 delegates made
the trip to Moscow to take part in the event.

The conference focused on several
key issues such as abortion, same-sex marriage, and gay pride events, which participants
felt have compromised traditional values in regions where such philosophies are
prominent. Severo, however, noted that the host country is one place where a
pro-family philosophy is still alive and well.

He wrote that “Russia represents
hope for conservative fighters in a world increasingly corrupted by the Western
debauchery of free sex, abortion imposition, comprehensive immoral sex
education, population control [and] homosexual indoctrination via media and
schools,” a view he said was shared by those who participated in last week’s
forum.

According to Severo’s account,
Russian President Vladimir Putin welcomed visitors to the conference with a
personal message bemoaning the “erosion of moral values” across much of the
globe.

Organizers of the event insisted
their goals were only to protect “the natural family” and promoting advocacy
“aimed at ensuring the integrity of human life from the moment of conception to
natural death”; however, media within Russia and beyond have predictably
labeled participants as bigots and hatemongers.

Traditional news outlets including
the Moscow Times, for example, lambasted the event and its speakers –
particularly Russian Parliamentarian Yelena Mizulina. During the forum, the
conservative politician noted the exceptional openness her country has toward
such events.

“I am sure that in contemporary
Europe it would not be possible to hold a forum like this,” she said. “Even if
they are held there, they are not hosted at the Kremlin, like in Russia, but
somewhere on the outskirts.”

Plenty of other biased media
properties, including Gay
Star News, offered their own criticism of the event. The World Congress of
Families, a group reportedly involved in putting the forum together, was
recently targeted
by Australians fighting to cancel a summit planned to take place in
Melbourne.